Well, if he set his GPS to the exact lat and long, why did he hit the bouy?
I think you meant to say that he set his GPS to the wrong lat and long.
Additionally, you still have to put in lat and long if you use a chart. So
you're saying the books are wrong? Sometimes. But then so are the charts.

I think you need to have a lookout!


"fragged" wrote in message
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hiya
A friend of mine ran into a buoy one dark night in the english channel
because he set his gps to the exact long/lat.

NEVER NEVER NEVER use buoy long/lats to program your GPS waypoints, you
can
be sure everyone else is using the same long/lat obtained from a
book/chart
assisted collision will get you in the end........

Use your brain and program your own long/lat to avoid the brainless ones
who use the books.


fragged

"Bruce" wrote in message
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Hi Guys....

Is there a website on the internet that would give me the exact lat/long
location of local buoys to set up my GPS?

Many thanks....
Bruce Matthews
Monterey, Ca